You have heard about it for years! The most realistic film ever made on the life of Jesus. See it now! The Jesus Film.

Jesus of Nazareth, the son of God raised by a Jewish carpenter. Based on the gospel of Luke in the New Testament,here is the life of Jesus from the miraculous virgin birth to the calling of his disciples, public miracles and ministry, ending with his death by crucifixion at the hands of the Roman empire and resurrection on the third day.

“In honor of its 35th anniversary, The JESUS Film the most watched film in history, having been viewed billions of times has now been re-mastered in high-definition with a complete new musical score. The JESUS Film is a faithful depiction of Christ s birth, ministry, death and resurrection as told in the biblical account from the Gospel of Luke. Virtually every word Jesus speaks in The JESUS Film is quoted from Scripture, with 450 leaders and scholars having reviewed the script for biblical accuracy. Further historical accuracy was ensured using clothing, pottery and other props made with first-century methods to portray a 2,000-year-old Palestinian culture.

The JESUS Film has been officially recognized by The Guinness Book of World Records as the Most Translated Film in history, and is now is available in 1,197 languages. In addition, more than 200 million individuals worldwide have indicated a decision to follow Jesus after viewing The JESUS Film. This story of the film s impact over the past 35 years will be shown through an exclusive new short feature narrated by actor Ernie Hudson and available on the re-mastered widescreen DVD. The disc includes The JESUS Film in a total of eight languages English, Spanish, Mandarin, French, Vietnamese, German, Korean and Arabic.

Bonus Features:
The Making of ‘The JESUS Film’ – A documentary that highlights the attention to historical and Biblical detail in the making of the 1979 film, JESUS.
The Impact of ‘The JESUS Film – A ten minute celebration of what God has done through the film JESUS over the last 35 years.”

No other film has been seen by more than six billion people, translated into more than 1100 languages, Language List and shown in more than 230 countries.

I had heard so much about this film and I was finally blessed to be able to watch it and review it, and to be able to watch the 35th Anniversary Edition, fully restored and remastered, even better!

There was a lot to this film so this review may be a bit lengthy. Here are some highlights for ‘The Jesus Film’ His Life. His Death. Our Hope:

Loved the beginning and the explanation that since sin…mankind rebelled against God and went their own way.

Nice recap of the Bible from the beginning until Jesus’ resurrection.

Instead of sin separating us from God, Jesus’ sacrifice (or the lambs until His arrival) would restore our relationship with Him.

Shows Jesus fulfilling prophecies – This movie is VERY Scriptural

A comment about how no actor is worthy of such a role it was done so we could understand and benefit from the life of Jesus. What a perfect evangelical film and in so many languages.

Jesus cleansing the temple really impressed me about how we might be polluting our own temples now just as they did back then. God’s house is a house of prayer…have we made it a den of thieves. And what about the Holy Spirit in us…we are the temple for the Holy Spirit, how are we polluting that temple as well???

Jesus is the king of beggars, whores and thieves – what a thought.

The most powerful part for me was the scene in the garden where Jesus prays for God to take that cup from Him, nevertheless not my will, but Thine be done. If Jesus prayed this, certainly I can too when things are difficult in my life. My pain could never compare with His as He took on the sins of the entire world and He never sinned…amazing!

Peter truly repenting was also very powerful and referring back to Psalm 51, the perfect Psalm for repentance.

All in all a fantastic film. In one of the DVD extras it mentioned that there have been over 200,000 million people that accepted Christ as a result of this film. WOW! Imagine how all of Heaven rejoiced to see those people find out the truth through a movie. If you haven’t seen this movie yet…it’s time!